September 19th Talk like a Pirate Day.

[CannonBall]

September 19: Talk Like A Pirate Day

1588 The Dread Pirate Wesley single handedly defeated the entire Spanish Armada in single combat.

1778 - The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States, budgeting 10,000 doubloons for defense, 5000 pieces of eight for social programs, and additional booty to highways.

1796 - George Washington makes his farewell address, saying "Aye me mateys, it were good being captain of this fine ship of state."

1957 - First U.S. underground nuclear bomb test is conducted, shivering timbers as far as 500 km. away.

1959 - After Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland, he threatens to "keel haul" a man dressed in a Goofy suit.

1970- Pirates the world over rejoice at Oldsmobile's launch of the Cutlass Supreme!

1982 - Feared corsair Patch-Eyed Pete posts first recorded instance of an emoticon, P-) to an online bulletin board.

1985- First pirate movie released. It is rated ARRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

1989- Pirate Radio goes on the air and is fined for gratuitous use of the words "scalliwag" and "booty."

1995 - First Talk Like a Pirate Day. It rapidly replaces Talk Like a Ninja Day, which involved people saying nothing so as to conceal their presence.

2006 - with the War on Terror becoming increasingly bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan, President Bush considers shifting focus to a War on Pirates.

3001 - Only because of the extreme backlog of mail at FOX, Futurama is brought back with a new twist, Fry is in 4001AD.

2384923- Due to the extreme popularity of stupid and annoying ass music at this time, Ashlee Simpson is cloned and made to perform for the 2384898th season of SNL. She later wins 17 Grammys, a Tony, an Oscar, and a Ricky Martin.

end - God gets tired of the universe and presses the hibernate key.

[Ghryphen]

[Stang]

The guy that came up with that day was on Wife Swap last night and what an annoying pirate he was but his wife was worse.